The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-07

"nen bney leave the school she starts them
IN NE, and never after loses sight of them
L she can help it. Mr., Winans also likes
Bf1ghton best of all his homes; he is gen
orally more or less bored in London They
90 not entertain a great deal, but during
the season they manage to drag through a
lew select dinners and two or three crush
entertainments. One of their fayorite
methods of treating special guests is to
nave morning concerts. at which they have
Patti, Nilsson, Albeni and all the tip-top
song birds of the operate stage to MARBLE
their notes. Mr.. Winans says he has no
taste for singing outside of PATHS AT that
Prlma donnas first appearance in St
petersburg he paid 81 900 for the first
choice of boxes, regarding which sarcastic
trenchman remarked that Mr.. Winans
might have gone to Paris and back and
heord Patti sing dozen times for such a
sum. But money is a small consideration
with the Winanses.
THE SONS.
William WinanS' two sons are both we'll
educated and very sensible young men, but
thoroughly un-American, as it was inevita-
Bile they should be. Walter, the elder, mar
rled against his fathers wishes, who, al
though refusing to be present at the cere-
mony, has long since forgiven the young
couple. Mr.. Winans' social ambition led
hum to desire his children to marry into
titled families. Both young men. whose
tastes run chiefly to pictures and American
trotters declined to crafty the old gentle
man. Their deer forest, which has particu-
larly exasperated the English press agasnst
the name of Winans, is certainly conducted
on indefensible principles. Besides the reg
ular establishment. sixty 'gillies," or deer
stalkers, are required during the season.
MI. W1nans is no sportsman, and the way
the enormous deer slaughters are carried
out is paralleled by nothing except by the
organized bands of titled marauders who
come over from England to exterminate the
large game of the Northwest. Mr. Winans
has occasionally been persuaded to stand
gun in hand, for a few hours in order to
take shot at the numerous deer that are
driven by; but he has not gone near Inver-
nessGire for several years. He also follows
the English custom, so amazing to Ameri-
cans, of selling his game, and every week in
the season immense hampers are shipped
from his place to the London markets. AL
though in the centre Of the Scotch High
lands everything that can add to the luxury
of hving-dainty fruits, the newest books
and pictures, everything that heart can de-
sire and money buy-are taken up from
London every day Mr. Winans does not
wait on the railways convenience; when
ever he wants to go anywhere he does like
the Queen--orders train.
PATTI AND THE CIRCUS.
Old Winans is very unpopular among his
neighbors; indeed, popularity is not one of
his characteristics. Apart from engineer
ing and shipbuilding it is almost impossible
to interest him in any serious matter
PATHS singing and the circus are the only
forms of amusement he processes to like 1t
is related of him that once in Russia an
A nj.
pany to st. Petersburg, and hearing of
Mr.. Winans' fondness for the exhibitions
of the sawdust ring, went to him
and suggested that he should
shell out a pretty considerable sum
for boxes. So large was the amount de-
manded that Mr. Winans asked Indignantly
if he was expected to pay for the whole per
formance. ''Well," answered he of the
brassy cheek, II haven't the slightest OBJ
lection" Mr.. Winans was so tickled by his
ineffable impudence that he bought the
whole house. On the night of the perform
ance he presented himself with a friend or
two and sat out the whole thing, to the de-
light and amazement of the performers in
the ring, whom he made to answer his en-
cores and act just as though there were a
thousand spectators instead of two or three.
ROSS wINANs' CAREER.
The only sister of the Winanses married a
Mr.. Whistler, near relative of the artist
Whistler. Her two daughters were brought
up with her brothers children, Ross and
Celeste. Ten years ago Ross Winans' young
wife died and he married her young cousin,
Neva Whistler. She was born in ST Peters
burg and named after the river Neva A
short time since they built a magnificent
residence. with gothic towers and generally
of middle-age architecture, on St Paul
Gfraot Tho erIn nil 10 % oe,o
houses of the city. They had but one child,
a girl baby, that died of smallpox The
child was taken i'll at their country place
near the city, and when the doctors pro
nounced the disease smallpox the parents
left it. They paid one of the best physi-
clans in Baltimore 900 TO take charge of
the case. He went out with a capable nurse
and devoted himself to it, but the poor
child died in few days. All its parents
had to give it was money and money could
not save its life.
Besides old Thomas Winans' residence,
mentioned in the beginning of this article,
and the St Paul street palace, Ross Winans
owns a cottage at Newport which he calls
BLEAK House" 1t is a vast, gloomy look
ing place right down on the beach, where
the famous Ocean Drive" leads past it.
Here a great deal of Celeste Winans' girl
hood was spent. Her family were not So
ciety people, ana she was brought up in
great seclusion. While the rest of the New
port world was dancing and driving, the
rich Winans heiress could be often seen,
clothed in an old blue flannel frock, sitting
solitary on the end of the pier and fishing
But the rod she fished with was pointed
with silver.
A strange family, however you take them.
Are they, with all their millions, happier
than many humble household where labor
is daily requisites
BENJAMIN DISRAELI.